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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

Clarence Darrow

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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.

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Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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You can only be free if I am free.

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You can only be free if I am free.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.

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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.

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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.

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It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.

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We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.

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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.

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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.

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Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.

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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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